Robert Marve threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns for the Boilermakers
(4-6, 1-5 Big Ten), who won for the first time in Iowa City in 20 years.

Purdue led 24-14 before Iowa (4-6, 2-4) rallied to tie the game with 3:32
left. But the Boilermakers stuffed the Hawkeyes on fourth down with 16 seconds
left, and then drove 37 yards to set up the game-winning kick by Griggs.

James Vandenberg had 190 yards passing and a TD for Iowa, which has lost
four straight for the first time since 2007.

Iowa got the ball back with 1:08 left in a tie game and moved 52 yards in 52
seconds. But a risky try on fourth down—with a strong headwind leaving a field
goal as a long shot—gave Purdue just enough time to pull off a stunner.

Vandenberg’s 1-yard completion to Zach Derby on fourth-down-and-3 gave
Purdue just 16 seconds to get in field goal range. Marve ran for 17 yards and
found Antavian Edison for 20 more, setting up Griggs to drill the longest field
goal of the season by Purdue.

Iowa has now played in six games decided by three points or less and has
lost four of them.

The Hawkeyes were outgained 490 yards to 264, but three Purdue fumbles kept
them in the game until the end.

Iowa pulled within 17-14 on Vandenberg’s 5-yard pass to C.J. Fiedorowicz
late in the third quarter. It was just Vandenberg’s fifth TD toss of the season,
and it helped brighten the mood of a frustrated home crowd.

The good cheer was short-lived.

Purdue’s Ralph Bolden somehow stayed in bounds with nearly the entire Iowa
defense flushing him to the sideline, tip-toeing 56 yards to set up Marve’s
10-yard touchdown pass to Gary Bush to put the Boilermakers ahead 24-14.

But Iowa caught a huge break when Marve’s fumble bounced into the arms of
cornerback Micah Hyde, who returned it 9 yards to make it 24-21 Purdue heading
into the fourth quarter.

The Hawkeyes tied it up at 24-all on a 24-yard field goal by Mike Meyer with
3:32 left.

Purdue opened the scoring with a 3-yard TD run by Akeem Shavers. The
Boilermakers then fumbled the ball to Iowa on back-to-back plays—a no-no
against an opponent that has struggled to score all season.

Marve threw a lateral that was ruled a fumble after a booth review early in
the second quarter, but Iowa had to punt it right back. Shavers’ fumble on
Purdue’s 22 gave the punchless Hawkeyes another easy shot at the end zone, and
Bullock’s 1-yard touchdown run made it 7-7.

The Boilermakers quickly answered those mistakes with an 11-play scoring
drive facilitated in part by terrible tackling on the part of the Hawkeyes—
something they fought through all afternoon.

It took five minutes and ended with a 9-yard touchdown grab by Gabe Holmes
that put Purdue ahead 14-7 with 4:43 left before halftime.

The Boilermakers had a halftime lead for the first time since eventually
losing to Ohio State in overtime on Oct. 20. They did about all they could to
give it back, but Marve and Griggs were clutch in the final 16 seconds.